Lowell J. Sherman (October 11, 1888 â€" December 28, 1934) was an
American actor and film director. In an unusual practice for the time,
he served as both actor and director on several films in the early
1930s. He later turned exclusively to directing. Having scored huge
successes directing the films She Done Him Wrong (starring Mae West)
and Morning Glory (which won Katharine Hepburn her first Academy
Award), he was at the height of his career when he died after a brief
illness.Born in San Francisco in 1888 to John Sherman and Julia Louise
Gray, who were both connected with the theater; John as a theatrical
management agent and Julia as a stage actress. His maternal
grandmother had been an actress, starring with the famous actor Edwin
Booth (brother of actor-assassin John Wilkes Booth). Sherman began his
career as a child actor appearing in many touring companies.As an
adult he appeared on Broadway in plays such as Judith of Bethulia
(1904) with Nance O'Neil and in David Belasco's 1905 smash hit The
Girl of the Golden West with Blanche Bates where he was a young Pony
Express rider.
American actor and film director. In an unusual practice for the time,
he served as both actor and director on several films in the early
1930s. He later turned exclusively to directing. Having scored huge
successes directing the films She Done Him Wrong (starring Mae West)
and Morning Glory (which won Katharine Hepburn her first Academy
Award), he was at the height of his career when he died after a brief
illness.Born in San Francisco in 1888 to John Sherman and Julia Louise
Gray, who were both connected with the theater; John as a theatrical
management agent and Julia as a stage actress. His maternal
grandmother had been an actress, starring with the famous actor Edwin
Booth (brother of actor-assassin John Wilkes Booth). Sherman began his
career as a child actor appearing in many touring companies.As an
adult he appeared on Broadway in plays such as Judith of Bethulia
(1904) with Nance O'Neil and in David Belasco's 1905 smash hit The
Girl of the Golden West with Blanche Bates where he was a young Pony
Express rider.
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